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Smoke ventilation systems are there to protect your staff, customers and property, making them a crucial part of a building's fire safety...
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May 12, 2021
FIRE SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR THE WORKPLACE
Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire security measures include those that are...
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May 4, 2021
Two Limpopo patients die after fire breaks out in hospital’s Covid-19 ward
Another fire breaks out just a couple of weeks after the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg fire that forced the hospital...
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Apr 21, 2021
SANS 10400 PART T: The Standard
We are once again reminded of the devastating destructive Force of a Wildfire, as the hills and forest around table mountain continues to...
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Apr 20, 2021
SANS 10400: Fire Regulations Act
Few things are as terrifying as an out-of-control fire, and despite all the advances in technology and literal hundreds of regulations...
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Apr 8, 2021
Fire Hydrants and Hose Reel Reticulation
In a perfect world we would always be able to prevent a fire emergency rather than actually fight a fire. Unfortunately fire prevention...
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Apr 1, 2021
Liquid Flammable Room brought up to Fire-safety standards.
A liquid flammable room correctly is a designated room where solvents, fuels and other flammable liquids are properly stored, in either a...
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Mar 18, 2021
Fire dampers & how they help control the spread of smoke
Fire dampers are detection devices with fire rated shutters that can slam shut when excessive heat is detected. These devices are placed...
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Mar 11, 2021
Fire Blankets for Ventilation Ducts
A fire blanket is a flexible sheet of material usually constructed with wool and fiberglass layers that is uniquely designed to smother a...
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Mar 4, 2021
Mezzanine floors & their fire ratings
A mezzanine floor is typically built between two floors, or as in many commercial and industrial buildings as an intermediate level,...
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Feb 25, 2021
Smoke Extraction Principles
You might be wondering what the basic principles of smokes extraction is and how and why these principles are implemented. Having a fire...
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Feb 18, 2021
Window automation and smoke extraction
A fire breaks out. Within a couple of seconds, the building fills with smoke. The main goal of smoke extraction is to facilitate a safe...
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Feb 16, 2021
Airport Steel building destroyed by fire.
Airport Steel was established in 1999 as a steel supplier, manufacturer and installer. On the 27th of January, slightly before 6 pm a...
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Feb 11, 2021
Fire doors & how they typically work.
Fire doors have fire-resistance ratings that hold back smoke and fire, and allows for a building to be compartmentalized, intentionally...
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Feb 4, 2021
Why it is important to maintain Smoke Ventilation Systems?
To ensure that your smoke ventilation systems function properly in emergency cases, maintenance will need to be an absolute priority....
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Jan 19, 2021
New Static Smoke Baffle done by SFE Services.
A smoke baffle or curtain, is a sizeable, nonflammable static curtain that is hung firmly against a ceiling. Smoke baffles cordon off...
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Nov 5, 2020
Mechanical Smoke Extraction @ Hotel
Mechanical Smoke Extraction is carefully designed to ensure that in the event of a fire, smoke is extracted and removed from the...
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Nov 5, 2020
Installation of ARV Vents with Fusible Links
A mechanical fusible link is a device consisting of two strips of metal soldered together with a fusible alloy that is designed to melt...
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Nov 5, 2020
None Compliant Smoke Ventilation Systems
The photos below are typical examples of none compliant ventilation systems. All of these vents have been closed of either permanently...
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Nov 5, 2020
Static Smoke Baffle Installation
Smoke baffles must be fire-resistant for at least one hour and can help give building occupants time to exit a building during a fire....
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